Morning journal and courier., 1887-03-07
FAIR HAVEN.

What Was Going On over Sunday
 Purchase of an Orange Plantation
 Personal Ment1on-PeopIe Who Are
 II-SOciety Meetings Past and to
 Come-General Local Intelligence.
 Horace P. Shares, who went to Florida some months ago with 8 party of friends, writes that his health is much improved. MT. Shares has purchased an orange plantation at Rock Edge, on the Indian river. Tho planta- tion consists of six acres, four of which are set out with orange and lemon trees of four years growth. MT. Shares intends to spend his winters in Florida in future, as the climate agrees with him perfectly.
 Mrs. Blakeslee, wife of Rev. Erastus Blakes- lee of the Second Congregational church who was taken so seriously i'll at the residence of her father, John G. North, over two months ago, has returned to her home having nearly regained her health.
 The social given by the leaders of the Sec ond church will be held on Wednesday of this week instead of Thursday.
 Frank Willis, son of N. P. H. Willis of Prospect street, superintendent at the Hegg- son & Pettis company, has been i'll for week past.
 Mir. Ira Darling, of the Heights, has gone to Boston for treatment at the Massachusetts general hospital at the advice of Dr. Bacon. The w. c. T. U. meeting at the Quinni- piac rink yesterday afternoon was we'll at tended in spite of the bad weather Rev. P. $. Evans made the address. Juvenile Temple gave basket festival at Central Hall Friday evening which was quite successful affair.
 Next Thursday evening Anchor Social | Temple of Honor will give another of their very enjoyable entertainments. MT. and Mrs. John w. Hill, of Wo1cott street, recently celebrated their fourteenth l wedding anniversary.
 The children of St. Francis school will l oriv toin ok,9 nj iOh | the proceeds to be used toward the reduction of the church debt
 The Y. M c. A. held brief prayer meet l ing service at the Grand avenue Baptist l church yesterday from to 10 o'clock. The Young Ladies' Missionary society of the First church gave most pleasant enter taipment last Thursday evening. The Y. P. s. c. E. connected with the Second Congregational church gave 8 concert in the audience room of the church last even ing. The Fair Haven and Westville horse rail road company had to run their snow scraper at 3 o'clock Sunday morning. A large number of people attended the concert given last night at the First church by the Young Peoples Christian Endeavor society.
 The craze for making pottery has seized quite number of Fair Haven ladies who go to the pottery on Chatham street daily and
 
 their fancy they pay for it as the regular rates. This pottery is then taken to the homes of the ladies when the process of decoration sets in. After flower pot or a vase has been fully decorated the fair decor ator can point to it with pride as being wholly her work from first to last.
 Janitor Weed of the Woolsey school, who has been sick for long time, is not yet able to be about and attend to his duties
 The tides in the Quinnipiac river have been remarkably low during the past week and the clam digger have been able to make nearly double their usual income.
 The Sunday evening services at the Grand avenue Baptist church are mainly devoted to the answering of questions. Two of the questions to have been answered last night were: "Why is gambling sin?" and "Shall we know our friends in heaven?'
 MT. J. P. Deforest, who has been i'll for a number of weeks, is now able to attend to huSinesS